Politik Pening - Shahrizat bakal berdepan kekalahan lg...

akibat miscommunication - mungkinkah shahrizat menempa kekalahan kali ke 2 ?

aduhhhhh pening dah politik la ni.... pemimpin tak sehati berdansa.
everybody have their own agenda.

Rafidah tetap pertahan jawatan

21/11/2008 2:35pm

KUALA LUMPUR 21 Nov. — Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz hari ini mengumumkan bahawa beliau akan mempertahankan jawatan Ketua Pergerakan Wanita Umno pada pemilihan parti Mac depan.

Rafidah, 65, berkata beliau menghargai dan menghormati pencalonan yang diterimanya daripada 117 bahagian Umno.

“Saya memulangkan kepada para perwakilan, yang mewakili akar umbi, untuk menentukan pemimpin yang mereka mahu untuk tempoh 2009-2011 itu,” katanya dalam kenyataan setebal 11 muka surat.

Semalam, Naib Ketua Wanita Umno Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil mengumumkan akan bertanding jawatan ketua pergerakan itu pada pemilihan parti Mac depan.

Keputusan itu sekali gus melenyapkan pelan peralihan kuasa Wanita Umno pada Jun 2009 yang diumumkan Rafidah Ogos lepas. -Bernama

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Abdullah tidak pertahan jawatan Presiden

KUALA LUMPUR 8 Okt. – Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi hari ini mengumumkan tidak akan mempertahankan jawatan Presiden UMNO pada pemilihan parti itu Mac tahun depan.

Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat khas Dewan Tertinggi Barisan Nasional (BN) di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) hari ini. – Utusan

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comment : ni pandangan peribadi aku je la. tak kisahla korang setuju ke tidak. aku bukannya sokong mana2. yang penting negara ni aman. syukur alhamdulillah.

aku agak sedih gak. perkara ni. sbb pak lah ni lembut sangat. waktu zaman che det dulu kalu korang ingat lagi. ujian fitnah dan usaha menjatuhkan pemimpin hebat ni sangat hebat. sesuai dgn keupayaan beliau. sehinggakan digelar raja firaun yang melampau2. sangat hebat. tapi, che det maintain. kebijaksanaan, dan kegeniusan yang dikurnia Allah beraplikasi.

waktu chedet, desakan suruh turun datang bertalu2 dari dalam dan luar dgn desakan yang sangat hebat tuan2. dalam negara, dalam parti, luar negara, fitnah waktu zaman chedet pada aku sangat power. tapi chedet kuat dan bijak. tu yang aku respek. salute.

akhirnya.... semua perlaksanaan yang dulu dikeji kini ???? semua pembangunan material terguna dgn sepenuhnya !!! memangla terdapat kekurangan. tapi apela sangat kekurangan tu dibandingkan dgn keupayaan mengangkat martabat bangsa ! ADIL DAN SAKSAMA. GENIUS AND INTELLIGENT.

tapi sekarang paklah... sayangnya... pada aku paklah seorang pemimpin yang baik dan tulus. cuma... penasihat2 kepada paklah adalah orang2 yang bermasalah dan sangat berkepentingan mengutamakan perut masing2. pada aku la ek... kalu salah tu buat2 tak tau jela.... aku bukannye reti nak analisis politik ni. tp aku nk jugak luahkan perasaan aku.

ok last sekali doa aku. dan aku rasa doa semua juga. moga allah menjadikan bumi malaysia ini bumi yang diberkati.

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Hanya Bangsa Melayu je yang terhegeh2 memperjuangkan kesaksamaan dan kesamarataan komposisi antara kaum, kaum lain ???

Kuota baru biasiswa JPA cetus tak puas hati

Oleh SAIFUL HAIZAN HASAM

KUALA LUMPUR 8 Julai – Langkah Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) memperuntukkan kuota biasiswa bumiputera kepada pelajar bukan bumiputera boleh membantutkan usaha membangunkan masyarakat bumiputera dan memperluaskan lagi jurang ekonomi antara kaum di negara ini.

Pro-Canselor Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Arshad berkata, tindakan itu jika tidak ditangani dengan sewajarnya akan mendorong perasaan tidak puas hati kaum bumiputera.

“Dengan berkurangnya bilangan pelajar bumiputera yang memperoleh biasiswa JPA, maka semakin luas perbezaan bilangan ahli profesional bumiputera dan bukan bumiputera,” katanya.

Mengulas kenyataan Khairy Jamaluddin (BN-Rembau) di Dewan Rakyat semalam yang mempersoalkan tindakan JPA mengambil kuota biasiswa pelajar bumiputera untuk diberikan kepada pelajar bukan bumiputera, Abdul Rahman berkata: “Pemberian biasiswa mestilah berasaskan komposisi kaum di negara ini.”

Setiap tahun JPA menawarkan 2,000 biasiswa. Dahulu 90 peratus daripada biasiswa itu diberi kepada pelajar bumiputera, tetapi nisbah itu di bawah skim baru biasiswa JPA yang masih mengekalkan jumlah biasiswa sedia ada kini diturunkan kepada 50 peratus bumiputera, 45 peratus bukan bumiputera dan lima peratus kaum-kaum lain.

Menurut Khairy, nisbah pemberian biasiswa kerajaan untuk pelajar-pelajar bumiputera dan bukan bumiputera adalah kuasa mutlak Yang di-Pertuan Agong di bawah Perkara 153 Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan Seri Paduka mempunyai budi bicara untuk menentukan nisbahnya.

Abdul Rahman yang merupakan bekas Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran turut mempersoalkan asas perkiraan JPA sewaktu meningkatkan nisbah biasiswa untuk pelajar bukan bumiputera daripada 10 peratus kepada 45 peratus.

“Jika komposisi penduduk bumiputera di Malaysia 67 peratus, maka jumlah golongan profesionalnya mestilah 67 peratus juga. Selagi ia tidak tercapai, mereka mestilah dibantu,” tegasnya.

Katanya, pelajar bukan bumiputera yang mendapat keputusan cemerlang dalam peperiksaan tidak sepatutnya mempersoalkan kenapa mereka tidak mendapat biasiswa JPA.

“Kuota biasiswa itu adalah terhad dan pelajar bukan bumiputera perlu bersaing sesama sendiri untuk merebut kuota yang terhad berasaskan komposisi kaum masing-masing,” ujar Abdul Rahman.

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A Very Good Cooperation by a Leader

Najib minta semua pihak bantu Pak Lah

Oleh Kamarulzaidi Kamis, Jalal Ali Abdul Rahim dan Abdul Razak Raaff

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak mahu semua pihak dalam Kabinet dan parti membantu Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi memulihkan semula keyakinan rakyat terhadap Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN).

"Memang saya dah beri pengakuan (berdiri teguh di belakang Perdana Menteri). Jadi kita sama-samalah sebagai satu pasukan Kabinet dan parti untuk menjalankan tugas utama (memulihkan parti dan keyakinan rakyat)," katanya.

Timbalan Perdana Menteri yang juga Timbalan Presiden Umno itu berkata, beliau sendiri serta ahli Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Umno akan memulakan tugas memulihkan parti di peringkat negeri, bermula di Kedah dan Pulau Pinang pada 10 April ini, diikuti Perak dan Selangor.

Pada sidang media selepas dikunjungi Panglima Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM) yang baru, Laksamana Datuk Abdul Aziz Jaafar di Kementerian Pertahanan di sini semalam, Najib berkata tugas memulihkan sokongan rakyat, memperteguhkan Umno dan BN seharusnya menjadi tumpuan utama semua pihak, terutama ahli parti.

Mengenai semakin banyak desakan supaya Perdana Menteri berundur, beliau berkata: "Itu pandangan pihak tertentu, tetapi seperti kita dengar semalam (kelmarin) Perdana Menteri menyatakan beliau akan meneruskan kepemimpinan negara dan beliau masih ada sokongan di peringkat Kabinet dan ahli parti.

"Jadi, jika beliau memutuskan untuk meneruskan... beliau berhak meneruskan kepemimpinannya. Apa yang penting sekarang ialah kita membantu Perdana Menteri dalam proses pemulihan parti dan keyakinan rakyat terhadap kerajaan. Ini saya anggap tugas utama kita."

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komen : pemimpin yang bersifat macam ni la yg kita cari... boleh bekerjasama dikala sempit, dimana pihak2 lain cuba memecahbelah, dan mengkucar kacirkan pemerintahan negara... yang paling penting bagi sesebuah negara adalah bersatu... agar musuh2 tidak gembira dan tidak berpeluang utk mengambil kesempatan. jgn cuba jadi pengkhianat dan pemfitnah.

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The New Malaysian Cabinet.2008-2013

source by malaysiakini

hope malaysian more success. together to train malaysian to be thankful to god and human. Who ever win is not important, but the most important is FAIR, Truthful and NOT Cheated.

44 Differences between UMNO and PAS

This is the difference between UMNO and PAS. Choose the truth that can make our malaysian GLOKAL.

Selamat Mengundi pada PRU-13.

Parlimen bachok

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yang kalah jgn putus asa, yang menang beri lah khidmat terbaik kepada rakyat. semoga usaha anda membawa kepada kebenaran dan kejayaan.

Why BN lost in Shah Alam..- A Flash Analysis

An Old Story Flashback




analisis : kalau pun ianya salah, sebuah kerajaan perihatin mesti duduk berbincang dgn semua masyarakat setempat dan cari penyelesaian terbaik. Win-Win situation. jangan pentingkan perut sendiri.

hopefully the new MP's will more care to needies people and train our people with akhlak.

Kempen Jahat Utusan Malaysia....

Nik Aziz perlekeh Sayyid Tantawi

Oleh HERMAN HAMID

KOTA BHARU 4 Mac – Menteri Besar, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat yang sebelum ini menyamakan pemimpin UMNO dengan orang utan, hari ini memperlekehkan ulama tersohor Sheikhul Al-Azhar, Dr. Muhammed Sayyid Tantawi kerana mengiktiraf Malaysia sebagai negara Islam contoh.

‘‘Tantawi ini siapa dia? Tantawi orang Arab yang belajar di (Universiti) Al-Azhar. Saya pun belajar di Al-Azhar, Datuk Seri Presiden (Abdul Hadi Awang) juga belajar di sana.

‘‘Kita tak rujuk pada Tantawi kerana dia pun kena rujuk al-Quran. Takkan dia buat sendirian. Kalau rujuk al-Quran, saya pun rujuk al-Quran. Apa susah?

‘‘Pasal apa kita masih melekat dengan orang asing. Tadbir ikut orang putih, agama ikut Arab,” kata Mursyidul Am Pas itu pada sidang akhbar di sini.

Nik Aziz mengulas kenyataan Tantawi yang mengiktiraf Malaysia sebagai negara Islam contoh ketika lawatannya ke Kuala Lumpur sempena Multaqa Sedunia Alumni Al-Azhar yang berlangsung di ibu negara bulan lalu.

Dalam pada itu, ketika ditanya apakah Kerajaan Pusat dan negeri-negeri yang dipimpin Barisan Nasional (BN) tidak melaksanakan kebajikan kepada rakyat, Nik Aziz berkata: ‘‘Kebajikan setakat dunia adalah, negara komunis pun buat kebajikan. Kebajikan mesti manfaat dari dunia sampai akhirat. Yang ini benda orang sekular tak reti.”

Nik Aziz juga menyamakan pengundian dalam pilihan raya dengan membeli sayur di pasar.

‘‘Nak sayur apa, nak ikan apa, boleh pilih dengan bebas tanpa tekanan. Jadi pilihan raya begitu juga. Maka pilihlah parti yang boleh melaksanakan perintah Allah,” jelas beliau.

Nik Aziz turut menasihatkan rakyat Kelantan yang menetap di luar negeri ini supaya balik mengundi pada 8 Mac ini.

‘‘Ada duit bayar tambang bas sendiri, tak ada duit tumpang bas yang disediakan UMNO, lepas itu takbir selalu. Kalau pemandu nak patah balik, sekat stereng, kita bawa sendiri,” katanya.

Ditanya pandangannya jika Kelantan jatuh ke tangan BN pada pilihan raya kali ini, Nik Aziz berkata: ‘‘Kalau rakyat Kelantan buat keputusan itu dengan sukarela, apa boleh buat. Kami hanya dukacita tapi kami tidak akan patah semangat.”

komen : kempen jahat utusan malaysia... bodoh, kalau nk provoke pun agak2 la... hal2 melibatkan tokoh agama sensitif la sikit... bangang punye pemberita... bodoh ! tak blajo ke !! takde agama ke !! bangang !

BN and PAS... which one the true fact ?

BN offer you money to vote them, what did PAS offer you ? fair ? teach an attitude ? In true islamic world there have millions of hikmah that means put the right things in the right place. you don't see it short term... but in long term. with too much money but abusing in using it don't teach a goodness to human.

this is a talk by an islamic leader with true fact. to know this you need to learned and understand it carefully. Many leaders talk with their own philosophy, self logic without proper knowledge. for what ? to lie the people that don't know and to lie stupid intelligent people.





so together we think in healthy mind with true fact and proper knowledge with truth understanding and vote. together we do the best.

Berita Harian yang memutarbelitkan..

Nik Aziz pertahan ‘fatwa’ boleh mengumpat

Oleh Azman Zakaria dan Ramli Husin

Nik Aziz pertahan ‘fatwa’ boleh mengumpat

Oleh Azman Zakaria dan Ramli Husin

PASIR PUTEH: Mursyidul Am Pas, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, semalam mempertahankan kenyataan Presiden Pas, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang yang mendakwa perbuatan mengumpat memang dibenarkan mengikut syariat Islam.

Menteri Besar Kelantan itu berkata, sebagai seorang yang alim, Abdul Hadi tentu tahu apa yang dikatakannya.

“Memang saya setuju dengan kenyataan Datuk Seri Presiden (Abdul Hadi) itu... dalam mencari kebenaran dan memilih pemimpin, kita terpaksa mengumpat. Tetapi saya minta surat khabar janganlah panjangkan lagi perkara itu, ia memburukkan keadaan.

“Dia (Abdul Hadi) orang yang sangat alim, dia tahu apa yang diperkatakannya,” kata Nik Abdul Aziz kepada pemberita selepas majlis pecah tanah pembinaan Maahad Tahfiz al-Quran Nurul Hidayah dekat Tualang Tinggi, di sini, semalam.

Bangunan asal sekolah yang menempatkan asrama dan pejabat itu hangus dalam kebakaran akhir tahun lalu yang menyebabkan 100 pelajar hilang tempat tinggal.

Rabu lalu, Abdul Hadi mengeluarkan ‘fatwa’ terbaru dengan membenarkan semua calon Pas yang bertanding dalam pilihan raya umum kali ini mengumpat, membuat tuduhan serta mendedahkan keburukan lawan masing-masing.

Beliau dilaporkan berkata, Islam membenarkan tindakan sedemikian kerana urusan memilih pemimpin ialah satu perkara yang amat besar selain menepati kehendak sistem demokrasi moden.

Abdul Hadi mendakwa, perbuatan itu dibolehkan kerana bertujuan memastikan semua bakal wakil rakyat yang bertanding bebas daripada segala anasir yang boleh menjejaskan kredibiliti serta kewibawaan mereka.

komen : stupid la laporan berita mcm ni. memutar belitkan fahaman agama. kalu dalam agama islam membenarkan utk mendedahkan keburukan tertentu bakal pemimpin yang dilantik, kenapa mesti ada lagi laporan berita yang dangkal mcm ni ???

Contoh kempen pilihanraya yang baik - kalu reporting utusan ni betulla...

Nik Zain tidak gentar hadapi Nik Aziz

KOTA BHARU: Ketua Umno bahagian Pengkalan Chepa Datuk Nik Mohd Zain Omar tidak gentar untuk menentang “orang nombor satu Pas” Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat di kerusi negeri Chempaka yang menjadi kubu kuat Pas, pada pilihan raya umum ini.

Beliau sebaliknya bertekad membuktikan kemampuan Barisan Nasional (BN) merampas kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Chempaka yang diwakili Menteri Besar yang juga Mursyidul Am Pas itu.

Walaupun banyak pihak memandang sinis peluangnya untuk mengatasi Nik Aziz, Nik Mohd Zain yakin sebilangan pengundi kawasan itu akan menyokongnya.

“Saya bukannya nak lawan Nik Aziz tetapi melawan Pas yang gagal membantu rakyat Kelantan. Kami (BN) akan membawa perubahan (di Kelantan) dan ia akan bermula di Chempaka,” katanya yang memulakan kempen sejak awal lagi.

Nik Mohd Zain, 65, Pengerusi Eksekutif Nepline Berhad, sebuah syarikat perkapalan tempatan yang berjaya di peringkat antarabangsa, berkata pengundi muda dan mereka yang bekerja di luar Kelantan pasti menjadikannya sebagai calon pilihan utama.

Beliau berkata rakyat Kelantan sebenarnya inginkan perubahan dan pilihan raya umum ini adalah masa terbaik untuk melakukannya tambahan pula Nik Aziz yang kini berusia 77 tahun dan sudah menerajui Kelantan selama empat penggal sejak 1990 semakin sukar untuk meneruskan tugasnya pada usia yang semakin lanjut.

Nik Mohd Zain yang menerajui Umno bahagian Pengkalan Chepa sejak 10 tahun lalu, berkata sejak kebelakangan ini banyak perubahan ketara dilihat di kalangan pengundi yang jelas menunjukkan tanda mereka mula menerima Umno.

“Saya diterima masuk oleh penduduk di kawasan itu dan mereka berjanji untuk memberi sokongan kepada BN,” katanya yang sejak menjadi ketua Umno bahagian itu, memperuntukkan tiga hari seminggu bagi bertemu dan mendengar masalah rakyat kawasan berkenaan.

Beliau berkata perubahan sikap itu berpunca daripada keikhlasan Kerajaan Pusat membantu penduduk kawasan berkenaan termasuk menyediakan pelbagai bantuan dan kemudahan asas di DUN Chempaka seperti membina jalan, membaiki madrasah dan membaiki rumah penduduk miskin.

Nik Mohd Zain yang terkenal sebagai mesra rakyat dan sering menghulurkan bantuan kepada rakyat tanpa mengira parti, berkata lawatan berkala juga dilakukan bagi menentukan setiap masalah rakyat mendapat perhatian dan diatasi segera.

“Kita tidak mahu rakyat di kawasan itu tertinggal dari semua perkara lantaran itu saya membuat lawatan berkala, tambahan lagi DUN Chempaka di dalam bahagian Pengkalan Chepa,” katanya.

Nik Mohd Zain juga mengakui sebagai ahli korporat, beliau sering kali menjadi sandaran banyak pihak di sini untuk membantu mengubah ekonomi penduduk.

Bagaimanapun beliau kesal kerana setiap bantuan yang disalur melalui Umno atau BN kepada masyarakat sering kali diputar belit oleh Pas sebagai kononnya adalah hasil pemberian kerajan negeri pimpinan parti itu.

Pada Pilihan Raya Umum 2004, Nik Aziz menewaskan calon BN Ruhani Mamat dengan majoriti 3,694 undi. — Bernama

if this utusan report is transparent - ini baru betul kempen yang baik dan berhemah.... bukan mcm setengah pemimpin berkempen menjatuhkan peribadi, mcm org xde agama ! orang tak beragama serupa manusia yang tidak bertamadun. full stop.

Pull Down Awang Adik Husin...

Pull Down Awang Adik Husin - Parlimen Bachok Kelantan


Sehebat mana pembangunan material, kalau manusia tidak taat pada Tuhan memang binasalah seluruh pentadbirannya ! pasti ! THE HISTORY and current issues around the world teach healthy minded people to think and act.

KEMPEN PENUH RASUAH, UGUT TARIK PEMBANGUNAN, WHO ARE U ? VOTE WITH USE A HEALTHY MIND NOT GREEDY NAFS.

work work work.... make sure this corruptor people totally lost.

- IF THIS AS WHAT HE SAID -Pirdaus Ismail - Bekas Imam GILA KUASA !

Wan Azizah tak jujur - Pirdaus

Oleh WAN NAJIB WAN DAUD

BUKIT MERTAJAM 25 Feb. - Niat Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail untuk mengosongkan kerusi Parlimen Permatang Pauh bagi memberi laluan kepada suaminya untuk bertanding dalam pilihan raya kecil dianggap sebagai penipuan terancang.

Calon Barisan Nasional (BN) bagi kerusi Parlimen Permatang Pauh, Datuk Pirdaus Ismail berkata, tindakan berkenaan menunjukkan Wan Azizah tidak jujur kepada pengundinya.

Beliau berkata, tindakan Wan Azizah itu juga seolah-olah mempermainkan sokongan rakyat terhadapnya.

''Dr. Wan Azizah tidak jujur dalam permainan politiknya kerana beliau sanggup menipu para pengundinya semata-mata untuk memberi laluan kepada suaminya, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim bertanding semula.

''Beliau perlu bertanya dulu adakah beliau boleh menang dalam pilihan raya kali ini sebelum hendak memberi laluan kepada suaminya," katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia ketika dihubungi di sini hari ini.

Pirdaus yang merupakan bekas Imam Masjid Negara akan menentang secara satu lawan satu dengan Wan Azizah pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-12.

Pada pilihan raya umum 2004, Wan Azizah menang dengan majoriti tipis sebanyak 590 undi.

Sementara itu, Ketua UMNO Bahagian Permatang Pauh, Datuk Abdul Jalil Abdul Majid berkata, niat Wan Azizah itu tidak profesional dan menipu pengundi.

Beliau yang juga penyandang kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Penanti berkata, Wan Azizah tidak perlu menunggu sehingga Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-12 untuk mengosongkan kerusi berkenaan sebaliknya beliau boleh melakukannya sejak dulu lagi.

''Kenapa tunggu pilihan raya dan kenapa tidak kosongkan sejak dulu lagi. Ini menunjukkan beliau tidak ikhlas membantu membangunkan kawasan Permatang Pauh," ujar Abdul Jalil.

Selain itu, katanya, sejak PKR menawan kerusi Permatang Pauh, kebanyakan penduduk tidak berpuas hati dengan prestasi yang ditunjukkan oleh Wan Azizah dan berharap supaya BN akan merampas semula kerusi itu.

Sementara itu, calon baru di DUN Permatang Pasir, Ahmad Shahar Shuib berkata, cita-cita Wan Azizah untuk memberikan kerusi itu kepada suaminya adalah cita-cita palsu.

''Wan Azizah begitu yakin Anwar akan menang dalam pilihan raya kecil jika beliau mengosongkan kerusi itu tetapi apakah beliau terfikir apa akan berlaku jika pengundi di sini menolak suaminya," katanya.

Ahmad Shahar yang juga Setiausaha UMNO Bahagian Permatang Pauh berkata, hasrat Wan Azizah itu akan ditolak oleh majoriti pengundi di situ.

Kalau betulla laporan ni ... memang gila kuasa la ni..

http://utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&dt=0226&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_08.htm

Who actually too much ?

WHO GIVE THE STUPID FACT ?



BN Membazir ke PAS Membazir ?

KEMPEN GUNA TV1,2,3,7,8,9 MCM STUPID !

USE YOUR IQ AND EQ BEFORE VOTING.

DON'T VOTE STUPID PEOPLE !!

Patern of Report - Berita Harian

• Pak Lah yakin Barisan mampu tawan Kelantan

  KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yakin Barisan Nasional (BN) dapat menewaskan pembangkang dan merampas semula Kelantan pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-12 yang akan berlangsung, 8 Mac ini. [+]

• KSN akur arahan jumpa Cuepacs

  MELAKA: Ketua Setiausaha Negara, Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan akur dengan arahan Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi untuk bertemu Cuepacs bagi membincangkan permintaan kesatuan berkenaan mendapatkan sagu hati bagi kakitangan awam yang dianggarkan RM2 bilion. [+]

• Karyawan singkir Aziz Sattar

  PETALING JAYA: Keahlian seniman filem tanah air, Datuk Aziz Sattar dalam Persatuan Karyawan Malaysia (Karyawan) dibatalkan selepas persatuan ini mengadakan mesyuarat khas jawatankuasanya, Isnin lalu. [+]

• BN prihatin, realistik

  SEPANG: Kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) akan terus mendukung konsep pentadbiran prihatin, melahirkan masyarakat penyayang serta memberi peluang adil dan saksama kepada rakyat kerana ia lebih baik dan realistik berbanding konsep negara kebajikan, kata Datuk Seri Najib Razak. [+]

• Analisis: Merealisasikan pilihan raya lebih telus

  DI sebalik angka 13-21-1 diuar-uarkan menjadi pilihan ramai � didahului dengan 13 Februari bagi pembubaran Parlimen, seterusnya 21 Februari dan 1 Mac diramalkan untuk penamaan calon dan hari mengundi � pengumuman Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) semalam harus dianggap satu lagi kejutan. [+]

• Pas Kelantan nafi hak rakyat

  BACHOK: Umno Kelantan menyifatkan kenyataan Menteri Besar, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat bahawa janji Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk membawa pembangunan sebagai menghina rakyat Kelantan adalah bukti politik Pas mementingkan diri semata-mata. [+]

• 'Usah guna isu pendidikan raih undi'

  KUALA LUMPUR: Ketua Pemuda Umno, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein mengingatkan semua pihak supaya tidak menggunakan isu berkaitan agenda pendidikan negara sebagai modal untuk meraih undi pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-12 ini. [+]

• Parti komponen BN lengkap senarai calon

  KUALA LUMPUR: Semua parti komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) kini pada peringkat akhir melengkapkan senarai calon masing-masing untuk bertanding pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-12, pada 8 Mac ini sebelum dikemukakan kepada Pengerusi BN, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. [+]

• Telefon bimbit kamera rakam bukti

  KUALA LUMPUR: Ahli Puteri Umno khususnya yang terbabit dalam kempen Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-12, dinasihatkan menggunakan telefon bimbit dilengkapi kamera sebagai persediaan berdepan dengan pelbagai ancaman dan taktik pembangkang yang terdesak untuk memenangi pilihan raya kali ini. [+]

• Kayveas undur jika diletak luar Taiping

  KUALA LUMPUR: Presiden Parti Progresif Penduduk (PPP), Datuk M Kayveas, sanggup mengundur diri daripada arena politik jika disenaraikan untuk bertanding di kerusi selain Parlimen Taiping, dalam pilihan raya umum 8 Mac ini. [+]

• PKR, DAP rebut kerusi

  KUCHING: Biarpun Parlimen sudah dibubarkan dan tarikh penamaan calon serta Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12 diketahui, pembangkang di Sarawak masih gagal mencapai kata sepakat berhubung pengagihan kerusi Parlimen kali ini. [+]

• Calon wanita ditambah

  GEORGETOWN: DAP bercadang meletakkan lebih ramai calon wanita untuk bertanding pada pilihan raya umum ke-12 bagi kerusi Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) di Pulau Pinang. [+]

• Sambutan baik untuk kempen 13 hari

  KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) menyifatkan tempoh berkempen yang panjang bagi pilihan raya umum kali ini memberi peluang mereka membuat persediaan sepenuhnya termasuk menjalankan berkempen sehingga ke peringkat akar umbi dengan lebih berkesan. [+]

• 8 Ketua Umno Bahagian antara dicalon

  KUALA TERENGGANU: Semua nama Ketua Umno Bahagian di negeri ini disenarai pendek sebagai calon untuk bertanding dalam pilihan raya umum 8 Mac ini dan dikemukakan kepada Pengerusi Barisan Nasional (BN), Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi untuk dipertimbangkan. [+]

• 60 balai polis baru beroperasi hari ini

  KLANG: Sebanyak 60 balai polis dan 55 pusat komuniti polis yang baru ditubuhkan beroperasi serentak mulai hari ini di Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor dan Pulau Pinang bagi memberi perkhidmatan lebih baik kepada orang awam. [+]

• 6,650 anggota kawal Parlimen, DUN di Johor

  JOHOR BAHRU: Polis menempatkan 6,650 anggotanya bertugas di seluruh kawasan Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) di Johor bagi memastikan proses Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-12 berjalan lancar. [+]

• Suami isteri maut digilis lori

  JOHOR BAHRU: Sepasang suami isteri maut selepas jatuh dari motosikal sebelum digilis sebuah lori mengangkut pasir di Kilometer 33, Jalan Johor Bahru-Air Hitam, berhampiran Pekan Kulai, dekat sini, semalam. [+]

• Kes bunuh Altantuya: 'Setiap stesen pemancar kesan pergerakan Azilah'

  SHAH ALAM: Seorang pakar telekomunikasi semalam menjelaskan lebih lanjut keterangannya sebelum ini berhubung setiap stesen pemancar Celcom Malaysia Berhad yang mengesan pergerakan tertuduh pertama, Cif Inspektor Azilah Hadri, menuju ke lokasi pembunuhan Altantuya Shaariibuu di Puncak Alam di sini, pada malam wanita Mongolia itu dilaporkan hilang, 19 Oktober 2006. [+]

• Permohonan Mawi World batal saman RM1j ditolak

  KUALA LUMPUR: Mahkamah Tinggi di sini, semalam menolak permohonan Mawi World Sdn Bhd (MWSB) untuk membatalkan saman RM1 juta yang dikemukakan syarikat pengeluar minuman air mineral, Yassa Sdn Bhd (YSB). [+]

komen dari Pak Belalang

ayyo yo ini mcm ar... surat kabar arus perdana tak boleh pakai lor.... mcm tak adil . Report should be balance and neutral. like this u can judge the paper are pro in what.... urmmm...

ini bukan DAP, keadilan, bukan pas juga... bukan umno bukan BN juga... tapi ini ADIL juga la...biar adil la... sapa mau menang itu punya pasal la... janji buat kilija baik2...tidak rosak sama itu manusia, tidak bikin rosak sama ini negara sudah la...

nanti Tuhan tanya lu olang, apa mau jawap ????

Patern of Report in UTUSAN MALAYSIA

15 February 2008

Ramalan pilihan raya jadi kenyataan

KUALA LUMPUR 14 Feb. – Sejak dua tahun lalu, banyak pihak menjangkakan pilihan raya umum ke-12 akan diadakan pada tahun 2009 mengambil kira mandat kerajaan yang memerintah sekarang akan berakhir pada Mei tahun depan.

Angka 8 di hati Khir Toyo

SEPANG 14 Feb. - Jika Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi begitu sinonim dengan angka 13, lain pula dengan Menteri Besar Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr. Mohamad Khir Toyo (gambar) yang menyatakan nombor 8 amat dekat dengan dirinya dan negeri ini.

'Saya boleh kerja dengan sesiapa'

SEREMBAN 14 Feb. - Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan UMNO negeri, Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan berkata, beliau tidak akan menukarkan mana-mana individu sesuka hati, melainkan ia diminta oleh parti atau UMNO Bahagian masing-masing.

Ahli Puteri UMNO Johor turut disenarai

JOHOR BAHRU 14 Feb. - Beberapa ahli Puteri UMNO Johor telah disenaraikan sebagai calon bagi bertanding di kerusi Parlimen atau Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) pada pilihan raya umum ini.

Kelab Setiausaha Politik sokong semua calon BN

KUALA LUMPUR 14 Feb. - Kelab Setiausaha Politik hari ini menyuarakan sokongan dan kesediaan mereka untuk berada di belakang semua calon Barisan Nasional (BN) yang akan bertanding pada pilihan raya umum ke-12 ini.

Nai Chee mahu pertahan Kota Melaka

MELAKA 15 Feb. - Bekas Ahli Parlimen Kota Melaka, Wong Nai Chee sedia bertanding semula untuk mempertahankan kerusi Parlimen itu pada pilihan raya umum ke-12 nanti.

DAP elak calon sama di dua tempat

PULAU PINANG 14 Feb. - DAP berhasrat mengurangkan strategi meletakkan seorang calon bertanding di dua kawasan secara serentak iaitu di kerusi Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) pada pilihan raya ke-12.

Rais sedia bertanding lagi

KUALA LUMPUR 14 Feb. - Ahli Parlimen Jelebu, Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim berkata, beliau bersedia bertanding lagi pada pilihan raya umum ke-12 jika diberi peluang berbuat demikian.

Sejuta bendera UMNO

KUALA TERENGGANU 14 Feb. - Demam pilihan raya semakin membara apabila Pemuda UMNO Terengganu memasang lebih sejuta bendera parti itu di seluruh negeri itu bagi menghadapi pilihan raya umum ke-12 pada 8 Mac ini.

Pas Pulau Pinang tanding 6 DUN, 2 Parlimen

BUKIT MERTAJAM 14 Feb. - Pas Pulau Pinang akan bertanding di enam kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) dan dua kerusi Parlimen pada pilihan raya umum ke-12.

8 Mac hari mengundi -- * SPR tetapkan penamaan calon 24 Februari * Tempoh kempen 13 hari

Patern of Report In Utusan Malaysia...

LAUTAN BIRU... para petugas Bilik Gerakan Barisan Nasional sibuk memasang poster BN bagi menghadapi kempen Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-12 di Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur semalam. – Gambar ZAINI HUSIN.

Why Should PAS win Kelantan and Terengganu ?

Sebab PAS memberi pembangunan insan yang membaikkan akhlak manusia. BN ?
Konsert, Arak, Masalah Sosial to much...

tapi....

under PAS takde KLCC, KL Tower, KLIA ermmm cane?



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Why Should BN win in Kelantan and Terengganu ?

Kerana BN boleh bagi pembangunan yang menggalakkan terutama dari segi ekonomi.

any idea ? post in comment....



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Should BN replace PAS in Kelantan ??

Kelantan Ingin Perubahan ?

KUALA LUMPUR 12 Feb. - Keinginan rakyat Kelantan yang mahukan perubahan menjadi satu petanda baik kepada Barisan Nasional untuk berkuasa di negeri itu.

Menteri Pengajian Tinggi, Datuk Mustapa Mohamed berkata, kehendak itu semakin jelas apabila rakyat Kelantan menerima perancangan pembangunan yang sudah dilakukan kerajaan BN sebelum ini.

''Tetapi apa pun, kita tidak boleh alpa dan perlu berhati-hati sepanjang masa. Kita kena kerja kuat dari sekarang, pergi kepada rakyat dan pastikan rakyat terus yakin untuk memilih kita,'' katanya selepas merasmikan majlis penutup Forum Kebangsaan Tenaga dan Air 2008 anjuran Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten) dan Universiti Kolej Infrastruktur Kuala Lumpur (KLIUC) di sini hari ini.

12TH GENERAL ELECTION: 200,000 EC officials to be involved

ELECTION Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman today said that about 200,000-strong staff from the EC would be involved in the 12th general election, which is expected to cost about RM200 million, the highest ever in the history of the general elections.

He was quoted by Bernama as saying: “The budget gets higher because of the rising costs and increased number of voting centers. In the last general election, the budget was RM115 million.”

He added that Sarawak would contribute to the highest spending this time, an estimated RM30 million, due to the need to engage helicopters to travel to various places.

Parliament dissolved, March 1 polling day expected

PRIME MINISTER Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announcing the dissolution of Parliament at noon today, paving the way for the 12th general election.



PUTRAJAYA, Wed:

Parliament was dissolved today, clearing the way for the country’s much-awaited 12th general election. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ended weeks of intense speculation when he made the announcement at a press conference today at his office shortly after noon.

He said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong had consented to the dissolution, which is the first step in the process of getting 10.9 million registered voters to cast their ballots when polling is held as stipulated under Article 55 of the Federal Constitution.

Reading from a prepared two-paragraph statement, Abdullah said that state governments had been advised to dissolve their respective state assemblies at the same time.

The Election Commission and Parliament had been informed of the matter, he said, adding that the EC would fix the dates for nomination and polling days.

The EC is expected to meet tomorrow to fix the dates.
With the exception of Sarawak, which already had its state election in 2006, this general election will involve all 12 State Assemblies.

According to the Federal Constitution, a general election must be held within 60 days of the dissolution of Parliament.

Election regulations stipulate that the earliest nominations can be held is four days after the dissolution of Parliament or a State Assembly, while the earliest polling dates are seven days after nomination.

In the last three elections - 1995, 1999 and 2004 - nominations were within nine days and polling within 19 days of dissolution. If that is the precedent to be used, then nominations could be on Feb 23 and polling possibly on March 1.

The current five-year term of the Barisan Nasional ends only in May next year, but an early election has been on the cards since the middle of last year.

At stake will be 222 parliamentary seats and 505 state seats and the BN has maintained a comfortable two-thirds majority in the Dewan Rakyat with its thumping win in getting 199 of the seats in 2004.

Abdullah's move to call for elections now received overwhelming support from State BN leaders who described it as timely.

Most of the state leaders said that their election machinery had been cranked up. All that was left to be done was for them to finalise their list of candidates, before forwarding it to Abdullah.

New homes but rent kills the joy

NSt.com.my

13 feb 2008

KUALA LUMPUR: After waiting more than 20 years for a proper home, residents of the Lembah Pantai longhouses finally got the keys to their new flats yesterday.

But many were less than overjoyed during the ceremony to receive the keys to their low-cost flats at PPR Lembah Pantai.

They are unhappy over the rent of RM124 a month.



The 1,187 families received their letter of offer and keys for the three-room units from the member of parliament for Lembah Pantai Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.
Rokiah Muhammad, 56, has been living in the longhouse for 17 years and feels that it is time for her family to have a home of their own.

"At first, they (City Hall) promised us we would own it. But now, they say we have to pay rent," said the retiree.

"How long are we to keep paying rent? We are not well-to-do people."

Ahmad Silong, 59, was also upset, saying that paying rent every month would be a heavy financial burden.

"It's hard to keep paying rent when I have only my pension to support my wife and myself. We hope the government will help us own our own units," said the retiree, who has kidney problems.

But Shahrizat said these flats are a blessing.

"Ten years ago, three-quarters of Lembah Pantai was a squatter area with massive floods due to drainage problems."

"In 1998, City Hall came up with a 10-year plan, in line with the government's efforts to work towards a squatter-free Kuala Lumpur."

"We have helped move more than 2,580 families to proper homes in Lembah Pantai. "

She added that the government would look into the matter of ownership later, as the main concern right now was to provide comfortable, permanent homes for the people.

Mawi - Angan & Sedar

Mawi in AJL 2008.

AJL 22 Final - 2008 - Siti Nurhaliza - Destinasi Cinta

Siti Nurhaliza show in Anugerah Juara Lagu 2008

John Edwards to quit presidential race

AP

John Edwards to quit presidential race

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Tom Cruise getting Ducati superbike

Tom Cruise arrives at the premiere of 'Mad Money' in Los Angeles, in this Jan. 9, 2008, file photo. Cruise is the first on the list to get Ducati's newest motorcycle, a $72,500 superbike bristling with titanium, magnesium and carbon fiber technology that can scoot up to 200 mph. Cruise is scheduled to take delivery of the Desmosedici RR at Beverly Hills Ducati this week. Only 1,500 of the red-and-white Moto GP racing replica motorcycles will be made and Cruise gets the first.

(AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)

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Loloq Dies...

Oleh Saharudin Mustafa

Loloq dies in Hospital Pakar Damansara today.

PETALING JAYA 30 Jan. - Penulis lirik terkenal, Loloq atau nama sebenarnya Rosli Khamis meninggal dunia di Hospital Pakar Damansara, di sini hari ini.

Penulis lirik yang berasal dari Singapura itu meninggal dunia pada pukul 1.37 petang akibat pendarahan otak.

US Candidate Presidential Election

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Romney, McCain in tight Florida race

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Estranged - Itu Kamu ( AJL 22 - 2008)

The Winner in AJL 22 2008 Estrangedddd....!!!

Mawi - Angan & Sedar (Final AJL 22 - 2008)

Mawi show in AJL 2008.

LATEST!: Suharto dies

JAKARTA, SUN:

Former Indonesian president Suharto died at the Pertamina Hospital in south Jakarta at 1.10pm local time (2.10pm Malaysian time) after slipping into a coma earlier today. He was 86.

The announcement was made by former Minister of State Secretariat Moerdiono over a local radio station to the nation after a team of doctors treating Suharto since Jan 4 confirmed the death of the former Indonesian strongman.
Suharto helmed Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation, for 32 years from 1966 to 1998.
Suharto had been in critical state since admission to the hospital on Jan 4.
Earlier today, the team of specialists attending to Suharto said the former president’s condition turned very critical at 1am, with all his vital organs having failed.
Suharto was breathing with the help of a ventilator, they said.
Moerdiono said Suharto’s children were at his bedside when he died.

by Mohd Nasir Yusoff, BERNAMA
Source :NST 27 january 2008

Malaysia approves TIMEdotcom's 3G transfer to Digi

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 - Malaysia has approved the transfer of telecoms firm Timedotcom's 3G licence to the country's smallest mobile phone firm Digi.Com , Communications Minister Lim Keng Yaik said on Friday.

"This is a promoted exercise. The cabinet has agreed to the exercise," he told reporters.

Megat Junid passes away

By : Jennifer Gomez, Marc Lourdes and Shuhada Elis




UMNO STALWART: Megat Junid was a longtime loyalist of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad PETALING JAYA,

Former Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Tan Sri Megat Junid Megat Ayub, 65, passed away at 5.25 am today at the Pantai Medical Centre, Bangsar.

Megat Junid succumbed to prostate cancer and secondary cancer of the lungs, in addition to kidney failure.

He is survived by three sons and two daughters from two wives, Puan Sri Faizah Shuaib and Ziela Jalil.

Born at Kampung Bandar Mukim Bandar, Teluk Intan, Perak, on Dec 8 1942, Megat Junid received his education at Sekolah Melayu Air Mati, Teluk Intan and Sekolah Menengah Anderson, Ipoh. He was a teacher and held a Bachelor of Arts honours degree from Universiti Malaya.

Megat Junid has an illustrious career in politics launched by his stint as the special assistant to then Education Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in 1975.
He then became the political secretary to Dr Mahathir, during the latter’s tenure as Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. His last cabinet post was as Domestic and Consumer Affairs Minister between 1997 and 1999.

He became an UMNO supreme council member in 1987 and was made UMNO Information Chief in 2002.

Megat Junid was chairman of Stemlife Bhd until May 2007. He was also president of the Kuala Lumpur Football Association.

He will be buried today at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetary after zohor prayers.

Among those who turned up to pay their last respects were Dr Mahathir, MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting and UMNO Information Chief Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib.

Dr Mahathir, who was there for an hour in the morning with Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamed Ali, described Megat Junid as a very good political secretary.

Although he smiled throughout the interview, Dr Ma hathir’s voice broke a few times.

Muhammad Taib hailed Megat Junid as a person who went around meeting grassroot leaders to explain fundamental policies to them.

“He was jovial and a very good speaker,” he added.

Ong described Megat Junid as a caring and helpful colleague and friend.

Others who turned up were former deputy Prime Minister Tun Musa Hitam, former Finance Minister Tun Daim Zain uddin, MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, former Transport Minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik and Umno Youth exco member Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir.

Mukhriz, who described Megat Junid as a stalwart, said he represented Dr Mahathir very well during his tenure as political secretary.

“I was young and he was Uncle Megat to me. He was always in our house and very close to our family, Mukhriz said. "He was a loyalist to my father till the very end. Even last year, he attended the Perdana Global Peace Forum in a wheelchair."

Dr Ling, who used to play golf regularly with Megat Junid, described him as a good friend of 30 years.

Samy Vellu said that he was a "man of his words" and proved that a "minister could have humanity".

An Unfair Report by AFP...

Malaysian Indians boycott Hindu festival

AFP - Wednesday, January 23

Malaysian Indians boycott Hindu festival

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Malaysian Indians stayed away in droves from a popular Hindu festival Wednesday, in a boycott linked to allegations of discrimination by the nation's majority Muslim Malays.

The colourful Thaipusam festival, during which devotees pierce their bodies with hooks and skewers, usually attracts more than a million people to Kuala Lumpur's Batu Caves temple, set in a spectacular limestone cavern.

But this year activists called on Hindus to celebrate elsewhere, accusing temple managers of assisting police who cracked down hard on a demonstration there last November, using tear gas and water cannons.

The crowds were thin Wednesday, numbering only in their tens of thousands, thanks to the boycott call and the prospect of more trouble.

A series of SMS text messages had called on ethnic Indians who did turn up to use their sandals to pelt political leaders including Samy Vellu, the leader of the Malaysian Indian Congress which is a member of the ruling coalition.

The veteran politician, who has sided with the government and been accused of neglecting the interests of his constituents, insisted there were at least half a million people at the complex and a million the day before.

"I have come to Thaipusam since I was 11 years old. I know the crowd. It is the same as before," he told reporters at Batu Caves.

"I don't think religious people who went to pray to Lord Murugan will listen to all the naughty fellows," he said of the SMS campaign.

"Who can threaten us? Anyone who threatens us we can find out where he is. It takes only five hours to find out where he is. They can't run away from us."

Stallholders and devotees lamented the small turnout and said ethnic Indians should work together to promote their cause.

"The crowd is normally double or triple this size. Now it's so small, so there is not so much of a great mood this time," said N. Kumaran, 41, a civil servant who has taken part in the festival for the past 14 years.

Sweet seller Joga Singh said that with the crowds so thin he and other vendors were not making any money this year.

"I think many people are afraid to come because of the SMS to boycott. Our business is suffering because of it," he told AFP.

At least 3,000 ethnic Indians gathered in the temple grounds to protest in November, and more than 8,000 people massed elsewhere the following day in unprecedented scenes that shocked the government.

In December it jailed five ethnic Indian activists under draconian internal security legislation that allows for detention without trial.

Malays, who make up 60 percent of the country's 27 million population, control the government while ethnic Chinese, who make up 26 percent of the population, dominate business.

Ethnic Indians, who make up 8.0 percent of the population, complain they run a distant third in terms of wealth, opportunities and education

exact news source

MalaysianChoice - This report sounds not so good. They trying to break the malaysian community. No where in this world can handle the country with multiple races control the government like malaysia. This report is not good. They should show the colourful of this thaipusam festival...+ report gain a positive mindet to all.

malaysian-choice : choose harmonic report for all races.

Top-up card costs 50 sen extra

KANAGEARAJAN, of Kuala Lumpur, was surprised when he was asked to pay an extra 50 sen for the RM10 DiGi reload card.

He says this happened at a DiGi booth in front of the Puduraya bus stop.

“When I asked for the RM10 top-up card, the seller asked me to pay RM10.50.

“When I asked why, his reply was ‘If you don’t want it, you can leave.’”

“Is this a new practice by operators of DiGi outlets?”

A DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd spokesman says DiGi agents do not charge extra for reload coupons.

“Our investigation showed that the booth which sold the reload card to KANAGEARAJAN is not an authorised DiGi outlet,” she says.

”We advise our customers to report the matter to the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry and give them the names and addresses of such outlets,” she says.

Megat Junid meninggal dunia

Oleh Normala Zulkifli

Kuala Lumpur 24 Jan. - Bekas Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Tan Sri Megat Junid Megat Ayob, 65, meninggal dunia pada pukul 5.25 pagi tadi di Pusat Perubatan Pantai, Bangsar.

Anak Allahyarham, Megat Firdaus memberitahu Utusan Malaysia jenazah bapanya akan dikebumikan selepas sembahyang zuhur hari ini di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Bukit Kiara.

Malaysian PM tips election losses

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23, 2008 (AFP) - Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has conceded that the ruling coalition is unlikely to score a repeat of its 2004 landslide victory in the next general elections.

Abdullah is expected to hold a ballot in March, but faces an array of negative factors including public anger over rising food and fuel prices, unprecedented street protests, and problems within coalition parties.

Asked if he was confident of the 14-party National Front coalition repeating its stunning 2004 election victory, Abdullah said: "I don't think so. If I get (a repeat), I'll be very, very happy, (but) I'm very practical."

According to the state Bernama news agency, Abdullah said late Tuesday that the 2004 results garnered after he replaced former leader Mahathir Mohamad were an exception as the change had brought about high hopes.

"There were high expectations, a lot of things to change, but I cannot change everything and there was an expectation," he said in acknowledgement of feelings that he has failed to fulfil some of his core promises.

"This has to be done, that has to be done. It's not that we have not done anything, I've started to implement practically everything that I promised," he said.

"I have started to do it and it is in the process of being implemented. That's what we are doing."

The government has been shaken by rare public demonstrations which erupted last November, targeting a variety of causes including alleged discrimination against Malaysia's ethnic Indians, and electoral reform.

There is also discontent over the government's warning it will have to remove costly fuel subsidies, and anger over spiralling food prices and periodic shortages of staples including flour and oil.

After a resounding victory in 2004, which reversed losses made in 1999, commentators say the pendulum is likely to swing against the government again.

The ruling United Malays National Organisation has led the National Front coalition in government for half a century.

Malaysia urges global community to make Israel lift blockade on Gaza

AP - Wednesday, January 23

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia, which chairs the world's largest Islamic bloc, urged the global community Tuesday to make Israel lift its blockade of Gaza strip before it turns into a humanitarian catastrophe.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who chairs the 57-member Organization of Islamic Conference, condemned the blockade and the closing of all border closings between Israel and Gaza as "inhumane."

"The Palestinians have the right of access to food, fuel and medicine. The inhumane action by the Israelis would make the living conditions of the Palestinian people even more unbearable," Abdullah said in a statement.

The blockade has "exacerbated the already worsening humanitarian crisis in the area and this will cause a humanitarian catastrophe," he warned.

Abdullah also called on the United Nations to hold an open-ended session of the U.N. Security Council so that other countries could participate on the debate on Gaza.

Israeli has already eased the blockade _ imposed in response to a sharp increase in rocket attacks by Palestinian militants _ after Gaza's Hamas government and aid agencies warned of an impending humanitarian crisis.

On Tuesday, Israel delivered fuel for Gaza's only power plant, which provides electricity to about one-third of Gaza's 1.5 million residents. Other areas of Gaza are supplied directly by Israel and Egypt, neither of which cut off service.

Malaysia PM says repeat of massive 2004 mandate unlikely in next polls

By EILEEN NG,Associated Press Writer AP

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's leader said Tuesday his coalition would not be able to repeat its huge electoral success of 2004, as he stepped up preparations for the next polls, widely expected in March.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's National Front coalition won 196 of the 219 parliamentary seats in the 2004 elections, held about five months after he took over the reins from Mahathir Mohamad who had been in office for 22 years.

Abdullah said the previous results "were exceptional." The massive mandate Abdullah received was largely attributed to the euphoria over a new beginning and his promises of a more open, efficient and clean government.

Asked if he could match the 2004 results, Abdullah said, "I don't think so. If I get, I will be very happy. I am being very, very practical."

He was speaking to reporters after a two-hour meeting with middle-level leaders of his United Malays National Organization, the dominant party in the National Front coalition. The front is made up of 14 parties representing the different ethnic groups in this multiracial nation, but most power is with UMNO, which represents the majority Muslim Malays.

Tuesday's meeting came a day after Abdullah met with top members of National Front's constituents.

Abdullah refused to say when he would call elections, or what sort of results he expects. The National Front has governed Malaysia since independence in 1957 and is expected to win again easily.

Abdullah said he reminded the UMNO workers that they should not do anything to damage the party's name.

"We want to get the mandate to continue our work to implement what we have done," Abdullah said.

The comments indicated that the party is gearing for snap elections, which are not due until mid-2009. Local media have reported that the polls will most likely be held during school holidays in mid-March, when school buildings would be required for use as polling booths.

He acknowledged there are shortcomings in the government and problems in the country.

"There were expectations for a lot of things to change. But I cannot change everything. There was expectation that this has to be done, that has to be done. It is not that we haven't done anything. I have begun implementing practically everything that I have promised," he said.

Among the biggest challenges facing the government are inflation, rising crime and tensions in the society because of frustrations among minority Indians, who feel they are not getting a fair share of the national wealth.

However, Indians form only 8 percent of the population and do not have enough clout or numbers to drastically effect the poll results.

Separately, Mahathir told reporters that the National Front "will surely win."

"No doubt about that. I don't know about the percentage ... but it will be a substantial victory," he said.

Malaysia's Islamic-run state to strictly separate lines for men, women in supermarkets

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's only state run by the Islamic opposition party will get stricter about enforcing separate lines for men and women at supermarkets since many shoppers have been flouting the rule, an official said Tuesday.

Authorities in the northern state of Kelantan _ governed by the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party _ will fine supermarkets and shops if they let men and women use the same lines at checkout counters, said party spokesman Anual Bakri Haron.

He said Chief Minister Nik Aziz Nik Mat has called for stricter enforcement "to safeguard the ladies" from being harassed and to avoid close proximity between opposite sexes while lining up to buy groceries.

"He wants the enforcement to be looked into thoroughly," Anual told The Associated Press.

Kelantan is the only Malaysian state governed by the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party. The rest are ruled by the National Front coalition, which is made up of various parties representing Malaysia's different ethnic groups.

The coalition is dominated by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's United Malays National Organization party, which draws its support from the ethnic Malay Muslims who account for 60 percent of the country's 27 million people.

The Islamic opposition party, which has ruled Kelantan for more than 17 years, imposed the separate lineup rule as part of its agenda to promote Islamic values. In recent years, however, people ignored the regulation and there was little enforcement.

Drinking coffee may lower ovarian cancer risk: study

LONDON (Reuters) - Caffeine appears to lower a woman's chances of developing ovarian cancer, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, while smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol do not.

The benefit for caffeine drinkers also seemed strongest for women who had never used oral contraceptives or postmenopausal hormones, the researchers wrote in the journal Cancer.

"With regard to caffeine and caffeine-containing beverages, we generally observed a lower risk of ovarian cancer with increasing intake," Shelley Tworoger of Harvard Medical School and colleagues wrote.

Worldwide there are more than an estimated 190,000 new cases of ovarian cancer each year, a disease more common after age 50. Women often have mild or no symptoms until the disease has progressed.

Previous studies have linked caffeine consumption with lowered cancer risk but the researchers said further work was needed to determine the biological reasons driving the protective benefits they found in ovarian cancer.

The team examined data taken from health questionnaires of more than 121,000 women aged 30-35 as part of a Utah study.

The researchers found no significant link between current or past smoking or drinking and overall ovarian cancer risk, though cigarettes seemed to raise the likelihood of one rare form of the disease.

Risk also appeared to decline the more total caffeine and coffee a woman consumed, the study found. Decaffeinated coffee had no apparent benefit.

"The possibility that caffeine may reduce ovarian cancer risk, particularly for women who have not previously used exogenous hormones, is intriguing and warrants further study, including an evaluation of possible biological mechanisms," the researchers wrote.

(Reporting by Michael Kahn; Editing by Janet Lawrence)